Total pages in book: 137
Estimated words: 130317 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 652(@200wpm)___ 521(@250wpm)___ 434(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 130317 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 652(@200wpm)___ 521(@250wpm)___ 434(@300wpm)
“Then why the fuck is she naked?” Sev demanded thickly. He was struggling with himself—struggling with the Rage that was trying to completely overcome his sanity. His vision was still bloody and with every fiber of his being he wanted to rip the males that were hurting his female apart!
But the blasters loomed large in his vision. He could take a single shot or two and keep going, as long as they didn’t hit vital organs, but he couldn’t help Mia if he was shot multiple times at once and killed. Breathing deeply, he tried to de-escalate but it was hard…so fucking hard.
“Your wife is naked because she denied her sins—her shame had to be exposed. But none of us has touched her,” the Elder with the deep voice said. “Gentlemen, let him into the circle—let him see that his wife is unharmed.”
Chairs were scooted aside and Sev was allowed to pass with the wary Elders still holding their blasters on him. He reached Mia at last—the two who had been holding her had dropped her arms and stepped prudently away. She was trembling all over—trying to cover herself with her hands.
Sev stripped off his shirt and put it around her.
“Here, baby,” he said, putting her arms through the holes and buttoning it up swiftly. “Here, it’s okay. I’m with you—I’m here now. Did they hurt you? Did they touch you? Did they—” But the words stuck in his throat and he couldn’t get them out.
“N-no.” But the word came out in a broken whisper and she wouldn’t meet his eyes.
“I told you—we have not touched her other than to reveal her shame!” the deep-voiced Elder insisted. “We had to show that she is not wearing her Chastity Devices!”
“Who gives a fuck?” Sev demanded. Pulling Mia against his chest, he glared at the ring of Elders surrounding them belligerently. “That’s not even her fault—I’m the one who forgot to put them on her after I took them off last night!”
“It is the wife’s responsibility to remind her husband to place her back into Chastity after he has used her for his pleasure or milked her,” one of the other Elders—Sev thought it sounded like Brother Jonash—said stiffly. “She should have reminded you!”
“Why should I care if she’s wearing those damn plastic patches or not?” Sev demanded. “Fuck you all and your Chastity bullshit!”
“Language, Brother Severith!” scolded the deep-voiced Elder. “And you should care because your wife has also, regrettably, been charged with one of the most serious crimes possible—Orgasm Theft!”
He spoke triumphantly—as though he was giving Sev some grand and terrible revelation. It was as though he thought that after hearing it, Sev would say, “Oh, well now I understand—of course she deserves to be punished. Please, by all means carry on.”
The Elder looked disappointed when Sev just shook his head.
“The fuck are you talking about?” he demanded.
“What I’m talking about is the fact that your wife has been stealing orgasms—giving herself forbidden pleasure without your knowledge or permission,” the Elder snapped. “If you’d care to turn your attention to the screen behind you, you’ll see what I mean.”
Sev has been dimly aware that something was playing on the large screen at the back of the stage, but his attention had been wholly focused on Mia, who was still shivering in his arms. Now he turned his head and saw—to his shock and dismay—that the image on the screen was also Mia.
His partner was crouching in the bathing tub with the top of her dress pulled down. And yes, her hands were busy between her legs. There was an expression of fierce concentration on her face and it was clear her breasts were filled with the sticky-sweet nectar the fucking Nutrient Crème had caused her to make. It must have been what she was doing in the fresher when he’d come home early from work yesterday, Sev realized.
It was an erotic sight—but also an intensely private one—not meant for anyone but Mia herself. It made Sev furious. The idea that these bastards had been watching the woman he loved touch herself intimately, against her will, was almost enough to make the Rage come roaring back.
“What the fuck?” he growled thickly. “Is that the fresher in our domicile? We were told it was the only place that wasn’t bugged in the whole fucking house!”
“Which is doubtless why your wife decided to commit her crime there,” one of the Elders said helpfully.
“I don’t care what the fuck she did—you fuckers shouldn’t have been spying on her!” Sev roared.
In his arms, Mia was crying harder—her sobs shaking her entire body. He held her closer to him, rubbing her back, trying desperately to soothe her.
“But…she was giving herself pleasure without your knowledge or permission,” one of the other Elders said blankly. “Don’t you understand, man? Your wife has committed a crime for which she must be punished.”